17 September 2020

Imressive tick list with personal grades by Alex Megos

Alex Megos reports on Insta from his productive five days trip having done six routes graded 8c+ or harder quickly. Interestingly, he has given personal grades (in brackets) for all of them including two upgrades and four down grades.

- Hades 9a (8c+?) 2nd try: A well confirmed 9a in the 8a database.
- Fonax 8c+ (8c+/9a?) 5th try
- Lichtjahre 8c+ (8c+/9a?) 3rd try: Removed chipped hold and broken foot hold (c) Michael Meisl
- Claudio Caffè 8c+ (8c?) 2nd try
- Underground 9a (8c+/9a) Flash
- Pure Dreaming 9a (8c+/9a? with kneepad) 2nd try: A well-confirmed 9a.

To give personal subjective grades are actually rare and in the big perspective, Adam Ondra is the who has done it the most among the hardcore climbers. Even so, it is widely known that there exist many old-school routes that deserve an upgrade meanwhile some of the more modern and steeper endurance routes should be downgraded.

Noteworthy is that most media but 8a and Climbing have reported Megos flash of Underground as a 9a.
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